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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 1, 1893)
OREGON MIST United Mulri and County Official Paper t. Union, Hantainber 1, tH, PUBLISHER'S NOTIOI. All tniiiiiiunlnatlnunaimt in t. u... ..... ilmllim mum h nvompnuM l.y ihu aiitl'itr'w .iT. ...i Vr.rTiT. T ..?.. ,,W"" aini. Wa viiMiworaiMiji (nil h, l'orrwMiuiu, wllli- Hit MHII i i i I, BRIEF MENTION. Hon, Miiuy l wan seen In town cue lore nan or tue wouk, A corn Are said to to in (net tlioru mo Mono. very scarce, rrobnio court ucxt Monday and CuniiiiiiMioiitirr court Wednesday, Sen trout ere reported to be running quito inuiiinuiiy iu me Columbia ui irtiuut. . Rev. Faxon will hold divine aervicoa At Mainevllle licit Hunday ut 11 A. M. jiiiu a i, iti, Tlio large circular nt (ho tower crvo well aa a A aligbt improvement. placed on lire gong. Hud you noticed the change in the lmoaiilnire, eapceially u( early morn ing. Kin rather fall like. . Mini May Imiaci, of Medford, spent aeverai uuyt ners inm woik, the guoct 4i tier ooiiain, Mr. Ueo. K. Andrew. Waller 8weetlan1 and wife returned the early uurtof the wut-k runt tlwir xiumlud lour through some of the state. Moaara. Leo, Wolf and Simpaon, hi lycliata, of Portland, spout a imrlbu f Ihu day Monday In town, the gutmU of I'M win How. Mimtca Kiltie Moore and Mnud Jack eon and Mr. K. Miles and Frank Monro wore passenger up on Ihtt Put ter Hattirday on their way to MaU-m, County Treasurer U'hurton aulhor ir.it ui to Mate that (he ehool appor tioumeot money ia on huud, arriving lt Haturday, amounting to f l,3((S..ri(). It la statad that llm potato crop in sections nf Ihia county In ratliur light. Tint tlryiii'Mt of llm niniiiiicr ai'aaon lniN had i' bail effect an wi II aa the l'oiiiinuiid raina of laattpiiug. Mra. U, A. Muia ami children re turned lust Sumliiy from llieir rx tended vitit In Ohio. Mr. M,iaio re jmrlH having pnt a pleaHiiul xiimuer, and returns much improved in hci.l'tli. The Columbia U.tnkiiig Company made a al Friday of 1 80,000 rhm jtlen til die Or 'Kuii it Callforui l.uhi tier Co., of Portland. The price paid was fl It) per thoUD.Uid. ML Km ma fliuM1, of Sa l June, t'alitoiuiii, who ha bwn I lie kuhkI ol liei mint and uncle, Mr. nod Mra. H. H. Wav, i f tliin place, relumed limn. Fiid.iy accompuiiiid by Mia Mubel Way. The continued bi'tfh water this year iiad a bad elbiM upon the wild hay i r.'p. Upon the higher portion of the low lands ihu crop in imported litfhl, mid the lower lamia, in muny placer, ire j ft flooded. The need for ni'u I berninio? nn-re eppureiit daily. A tlioioii!h drench ing would ti'il only (neatly bunelit vi'dii-lilii.ii but it would cb'iir hii'I purify the Hiiii"i-'li'io whitdi is low uin)(il luonlly of hi'lll and aiui'ke. Another lirge order for Ilelgiiun bliH ka haa be;u received by our iiui' rnien,tj g'ealer extent I linn the one mentioned in our laat itu', Theae rdeia have lliMi U'ecl lo hliniMule our Inidi hiiii'ii aa welt ua our btiameaa men, a tiling much ueedud . ' J. O. WrUiman, peoial agent of the Fiiruiera &. Merchant Iiiftirnnce Co., w i ut thia place Mon lay adjiii.tiiiK the I'm of Liuu Meeker on bin hoime which burned at Milton bid Tueaday nittht. Mr. Meeker held a policy for f 300 which he will receive in full. Home much neodod repair have iieeu ami are being made cm Murkle't wharf. Some of the timbcrit which were found to be in a bad alalo of do compoaition have been replacod by new once and now the wharf la being jiluced iu good condition. A plewwint liitle dancing parly wan Indulged in lust Thuraday evening at (lie dining hall of t he St. Helena Hotel by a number of our young people, Jonked after by a few older ones. The atluir wa an impromptu one, but was thoroughly enjoyed by all prenont. The dry acaaon of Hie year lrmR to bear upon ut the real abtoluto ne cenaity of ft water avalom. witliont wliich we would be aubjeoled to Inoon vonleiicet and danger which might overpower ut. We tee more plainly each day the advantage of tucb an enterprise. We have recently tent out a large number of atatementa to our tubtcri bera which, we hope, they will note carefully and act upon promptly. Tho mounts are email, in moat instances, but eight hundred or a thouaaud of them would prove a considerable help to ut t present. A patty of well known Rainier poo plo including Marion Kiggt' and wifo, Mra. C'raiaT Uilbreth, Mits Nellie Doub lebower and Capt. Frank Turner, aro camping at Mt. 8t. Helena wlidie they are hunting, (Selling and otherwise, en joying life in that pictureiique and ro mantio country. The party will be ab eont about three weeka. On Katurday evening the 2Glh, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Council, of Doer Island, cutertuined a few friend most pleas antly. Card and dancing wore in dulged in and then came one of the finest suppers that could be produced. All present enjoved themselves Im mensely, nd it wilt bo a long time be fore the hoBt and hostess are forgotten. Thursday evening a number of in vited friende assembled at tho home of S. 8. Way and'spent a few hours pleasantly with musio and conversa tion, the ocoasion being a farewell party to Mis Mabel Way who left the fnilfiwinff mornin for San Jose, Oali- wiiuMi aha will make her home Vith relative, and attend school dur ing the pet two years Tlwoli a plootj of wagon road In - viiTO Tiuiuy which la Doing tin i..v.ju uy urivau) e.aiiimi ami .i... prUe that will prove a blessing to that uuuuu wnen completed. The liu I'roveineni or roads in that valley should be the one main object of it ituvra until nioy nave reached a do gree of jiurfeclioii that would be I eieuii io any louulity, The road poacn oi it tne worst piece of road in this county, and whv tho people of that setttion cannot be interested is manor lor much surprise. The wagon road i the artery ami channel through tiiico now mo product of your lurui, anil their Improvemont it the moat important question that it now Drought to face with u. Your hay, ki-iii, poiaioes, nops, wool and other protiucle must reach a market over your local road, and without good road you are year after vear luainu money by endeavoring to transport it ov-r poor roaua. jne itnneceasary wear and tear of your vohiela biimia to bear upon the prominent fact that you are losing money, hence there is not me vuori made that should be to Insure tucceas to the farmer or nrn- ducer. Assist in the inmrovoment of your local thoroughfare and you assist in i no iiptiuituing ol your neighbor hood, iu general. If there is any man independent of hard time it is the farmer who has a good arm and la out of debt. He produces what people must have and wnen lie Vila it he gelt just the kind of money he wiinli or else he keeps the goods. Ho can keep them too for there are many wayt lie can turn thutu into money. Take wheat a an examplo: If the price does not suit him, he can have it ground into Hour, and he and hie neighbors can eat it. II that will not work be can feed it to slock of tome kind and drive the stock to market, and thus be tunc io reiuue a rair price. The mer chant, the uiaiiiifiiclurerand the labor ing iiihii is entirely deoendeiit on sell ing that which he has. A stagnation in business effect them diaastrously, but has very little effect on the farmer. I he present lime are not realized by Ihu farmer oxcejit from hearsay . The Vancouver Independent, speak ng of the law compensating county ollcer,aays : "Under the salary sys tem the counties ate k-rowiuir poorer 11 the while. The sheriff and other salaried olllccrs of tho county have no stimulus for enercetio action. One reason for thia is Unit ihu otlicer'a re ceipl are not ahVctnd by the non-pay ment of dues; while in the fee system every officer is interested in making close collection, at hi pay depends upou the amouiitof money he collect. I'liuru are fvw ullicer who are dis posed to work for the county a they would do (or theliisi Ives III collecting fees. The lii-t legislature ha many errors of government to atone for, of which l nia is one of the least. There are stale election thia fall in thirteen slates Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland Massachusetts, Missouri, Nchr.iskii, New Jersey, Xcw Voik, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Dikota, Virginia and Wisconsin. Only live ol iliese fleet governors, via: Ohio, l jwa, Massachusetts, Viraiuia and Wiscon sin. Ttiu others elect only legislators nnl minor atate olll era. In Iowa, Kentucky and Virginia the legislatures .'hoscii Ihi- fall elect United Stales Smiaiurs. While the voice of the peo ple will not be directly upon national irsiiet, tbu result of th'MO elections ivill nevertheless givii a pointer in lo i ho feeling of the voters uu the busi ness and industrial paralysis. An exchange wants to know what n s'tea one town grow into u city while others with good location remain vil lii;je? It is because in lliu (uo case there are men with pmh and energy, who are not afiaid lo help their town along. They woik for public improve ments and use every" means in their power to induce people to locate iu their town. They send newspapers nud circular to every acquaintance whom I hey think can be induced to visit their place. Then the attraction are shown to him and he ia treated with so much kindness (hat he falls in love with the city at once. A town only succeed when it begin to work for its sell. Some complaint is registered regard ing the intense heat of the past few days. It has been warm, we must con fess, but niauina yourself lor a lew days down in the sandy deserts of Ari zona, with the thermometer atnmimg at 120 during the day and falling uo lower at night than 05, with a strong wind blowing at the rate ol sixty miles an hour, which is so warm that you dare not open your mouth for fear ol havinir vour tonuue scorched, carry-j ing with it gravel, sand and pebbles as (urge at marbles. Such ia llm state of affairs in melerological condition there. Wo had butler not complain. Parties who occupied the Plummer house at Milton, which burned last Tuesday evening, are unqualified in their convictions lhat the house was burglarized beforelt was tet on fire, as several arlinlct including a silver watch are known not to have been burned. The theory that the house was fired is given color by its prox imity to tho railroad track which at this session is the highway for tramps and footpads at all hours of the day and night. City Marshal Harmer, of Rainier, this week took to the Reform 8chool,at Salem, Ray Sutton, of the first-named tilann. Thfl hov ia fourteen years old and was committed to that place of restriction upon a charge conferred by hit mother, for disobedience. This it the Hi st and only Inmate of that in- ttjtulion from this couuty. . School Superintendent Cloeton re turned to Clatskanie last Friday where he will remime his duties as teacher in the public school at that place. The I'rof.iHsor hat had a well-earned rest this summer, and will take up his la bors with renewed energy. The horsee advertised for recently by the Portland Bridge Company have not yet been found. Person giving information leading to the discovery of their whereabouts would probably be liberally rewarded. We have recently added to our at tortmeut of type some of the latett design! in printing materials, and are now more able to neatly execute or- dci't (or job priuling than, ever, The Columbia river is tlowly assum ing iu ordinary ttage of water. By your school books from Host. He hat in stock all kind of school upplio. In another column will be found the apportionment bv counties of the iiato school lund. For fine Watch rnnnlrinir en In A. N. Wright, the Iowa Jeweler, 305 M or ison street, rortland, Rev. W. S. O'KellflV iinnd word that he will fill hi appointment at this uace next Humlay, August 3d. The St. Helena nulilic. anhonl will open- next Monday under the tuper- viaioii oi w, a. Wood aud Mrs. Way. Warrant were ordered drawn on the city treasurer, at the council meet ing Tuesday evening lo the extent of nearly aJCiOO. II. F, Rune. Joan and Charlav lilakeslev returned Tuesday nvuninir from a trip lo bunker hill. Tho boy report very good luck. Willie Quick, of Washington coun ty, who recently lost hit foot in a threshing machine at Independance, reported doing very well. Mn. Mary A. Ramtay. of Powhattan. Ohio, a sister of Sheriff M assies ac companied Mrs. Massie from Ohio, and Will remain in this Place for a couule of weeks. Dr. H. R. Cliff has lately removed his office to the building on the coiner, formerly used as the telegraph office. Cull made at that place will receive prompt attention. Hon. U. W. McOride is spending the summer at his old home in this city Hid is steadily regaining his health under the skillful care of hi sister, Mrs. W. H. Dolman. The steamer Sarah Dixon failed to materialize, on Wednesday mornine. and upon inquiry we learned that she waa Lung up on a sand bar in Clats kanie slough. Keep up con race and make the best of the situation theso hard timet, 'filing will undoubtedly change for the better soon. Present conditions ars foreign lo this country and cannot last. A Miss Stewart, of Corvallis, arrived down on the Potter Tuesday evening on her way to Columbia City, where she will epoiid a few (lays visiting, the gueat of the Misses Willie and Dell Caples. At the common council meeting Tuesday evening arrangements were made with A . II. Rlakealey whereby the old building standing opposite the residence of E. K. Quick, i to be re moved. Rub-a-dud-a-dub said the washboard to the tub, and never, never acrub in these hoi aud smoky days, but come to Dolmau'a store, and purchase mure, and more, of good things by the score, kept iu stock always. There is a stage line in operation between ForeBt (irove and Tillamook, making semi-weekly trips. The stage leaves Forcat Grove aud passes Ihrough the Y it-am river country, where there i reported to be the best of fishing. From the Reuben correspondent we learu that a raging forest tire in the vicinity of that place has been raising KOucral havoc with timber, bridges, fences and flumes. Much care should be exercised by persona that no ser ious damage results from forest fires allowed lu spread unheeded. It will be seen by the table show ing the number of school children in the several counties of thia elate that Columbia comity is coming rapidly to the front in number of pupils, there aro thirteen counties in this state which have a smaller number of school children than has thia county. It has been proposed to the light house board by the U. S. Engineers that they build the road from Cape Mears to Tillamook with hired help. Thia hat been agreed to and it is thought the appropration of 90,000 will be sufficient to complete it. The road will be teveu miles in length and will furnish a good route to the No- tni ts beach. The report for school district So. 1C, for the month ending August 18, it a followa: Number of days taught, 18; number enrolled, 24; average days' at tendance, 16; number of visitors, 5. Those who were neither tardy or ab sent during tho mouth were Myrtle Stehman, Carrie Girt, Clyde Stewart, Joseph Doan, Lee Clu'k, Willie Rice, Raymond Doan and Ollie Rice. Jean Blakesley is the hero of the dav. He ia a good, as well as youth ful hunter, iuasmuch lhat last Thurs day he succeeded in capturing one of the hnest deer that baa been killed in this neighborhood this season. He was hunting near Bunker hill with bis older brothers and outdid them as a marksman. We can testify to the quality of the venisoo, and we have no hesitcncy in proclaiming its good qualities. Miss May Isaacs, of Modford, who has been visiting her cousin, Geo. An drews, of this place, wae given a very lensant farewell parly at the opera bonne Tuesday evening. A large number of invitations were sent and accepted and a most enjoyable evening wa spent. JJancing and earns were the order of the evening. At mid night the guest retired to their home declaring the event one of the pleas antes t of tho season. Oreaon and- Washington not only believe in reciprocity, but practice it. Probably the most showy church on the coast ia being built of sandstone brought from Pittsburg, a small town thirty mile from Taooma, for the Baptists, of Portland. Tacoraa baa returned the compliment by placing an order for half a million Belgium blocks for improving its street, the paving stones to be taken Irom the quarries at this place. Emerson Bro's.' shingle mill, which somo time ago was closed down under an attachment, and held in charge by Jean Weaver, hat been placed ia the bands of S. B. Rose, as temporary re ceiver. The mill is now being oper ated by the creditors who are work ing up tne material, out of winch lo receive their back pay. Their time is limited to thirty day, at the expira tion of whioh time the property is to pe returned to. the sheriff, MOOTING ICHAPE AT 31AYEH. Jerrr ncdraw Painfully Injured y Thomas Dawna. Jerry McOraw, an old rcaident of Mayger, wae brought up to St. Hoi ent Wednesday, suffering from a pain ful gunshot wound in hit left foot, which he received at the handt of Thomas Dawson. The shooting was the outcome of ill feeling which has existed between the two families for some time on account of a dispute which had lit inception over the title to the land upon which Dawaon livet. The two families have been near neigh bors for about tix yeart during Ml of which time unpleasant thing are re ported to have been laid by both fam ilies regarding the other. Shortly be fore 6 o'clock Tuesday evening Jerry went to the house of Mr. Dawson for the purpose, a he says, of taking the latter' daughter to apologize for cer tain thing Jerry charged her with aying about himself and slaters. They oon became involved in a dispute and the girl called to her father, a short distance from the house. Daw ton arrived at the house in a few min utes during which time Jerry had step ped out into the yard where the two men met, when Dawson drew a thirty- eight-calliber revolver and fired at Mc Oraw, who wa (landing about twenty feet away. The shot wa evidently not intended to do any serious injury, as it wat aimed to low that. the bail en tered Jerry' left foot just above the joint of the great toe and passed down and backward entirely through the toot and was found in the shoe when it was removed. McGraw came up to this place where Dr. Cliff dressed the wound, after which he swore out a warrant for Dawaon't arrest aud went on to rortland, wucre ne will be treated at one of the hospitals. . Traffic In Cord wood. Few persons who have not given the subject tpecial consideration fully real ize and appreciate the volume aud ex tent of the cordwnod traffic daily tran sacted along the Columbia river, and it may be interesting and edifying to many to know lhat about $770 a day it paid out for weod by the steamers alone, to say nothing about the hun dreds of cordt which are loaded upon barge and shipped lo rortland for use there. It it closely estimated that 350 cord are consumed daily by the boats plying between Portland, As toria aud way points. Ihi would ag gregate 127,750 cords a year, which, at the present price of $2.25 per cord, is iu round numbers f2o7,4J7. " Where la He At?" lft Tf ktYiirt rwrsn'fl ntiilv flat? a im fa a I drawing to a close, say the Aatorian. uy the way, where I Mr. ltenungtour The subsidy company have heard nothing from him, have received no word whether the railroad matter is progressing or not, and do not know that be has done anything since leav ing here but go tlraight back to Bait Lake. It seemt to ut that had there been any cheering news for him to an nounce he would certainly have let A t.i-iii nil bnnwai it Vrit liAvinir (tfinp in the nmlancholv inference ia that there la no good news to tell. Next spring, maybe, Astonans will not wait Tki. v.ui-fi.ttt frnn, Molt l.ulra ir TariiBii. .ii, .1 1 1 u ..-'ill i i w v. V n lem or New York to lift her railroad wngon out oi the rut, but putting her owu shoulder to the wheel will do the job herself. We have been Blending still long enough, like Mahomet, lor the mountain to come to us. We must go to the mountain. The Kind Hunkered After. The crying need of the age is a dol lar e4y to get and hard to let go ; a iollar that will pay four dollar t worth of debts and then come back by means of a string attachment ; a dollar that snuggles easily in the sock of John Smith, but witbera like the manna of old in the safe of a railroad president ; a dollar that will buy some flour and meat while it buys much whisky and tobacco; a dollar above drawing inter est aud yet will double itself while the owner sits in the shade aud apitt at a crack in the pavement ; a dollar that will circulate without depreciation when nobody wants it ; a dollar that will buy shoes for baby while it buys fun for a man in places where he can't take hit wife ; a dollar which will turely repair the waste of sloth, appetite and bad judgment; a dollar that comet to the lap of indolence like wormt to the craw of a featherleRB robin ; a dollar that will remove the sentence pro nounced upon Adam , reverse the or der of nature and transform the na tures of men. Thit, little children, ia about the sort of a dollar wanted, as we glean from perusing our able and esteemed contemporaries, and lo pro vide such a dollar is the job before congress, says the Tulare Register. We Cannot Do It. Thia office is in receipt of two or three quite lively and interesting com munications from persons in thit coun ty, which are a utile too radical to permit of their being published. We are alwayt willing to denounce fraud and show up rascality, and are ever willing to defend the just and assist in any way we can in meting out justice to the nnjust, but the newspapers can not try your cates for you. There are courts for that purpose, and if you think you have not received justice at the hands of your fellowmen, go about the work oi remedy in the man ner perscribed by law. Personal griev ances, are in many instances, brought about by petty whims, peculiar to yourselves, and which other people cannot see any foundation to, and which, yourselves, are not too certain of. Your first impulse it to have the newspaper give vent to your opinions and shoulder the burden, regardless of cousequencet. This, we cannot do. There stands a publishers' notice at the head of our local page which plainly states that the scribe's real and genuine name shall appear at the end of all communications intended for publication, and we will not publish a line unless in accordance with the provisions of that notice. Our col umns are open for discussion of ques tions of interest to the general public, bnt we cannot take your law cases and try them for you because 'we are not well up in that profession. No doubt the writers of the communications re fered lo have just cause for their griev ances but it i not to our interest to use our apace to score people just for the satisfaction of one or two person. The Astoria & Uaatern 11. It. The latt tpark of hope seems to have vanished from the Astoria people in re gard to their interior railroad. Mr. Romington, the latest "sky" railroad adventurer and "rainbow chaser" lias also vanished. The last extension of time ninty days is now up, or just about, and not yet baa one word been beard from him. Ho ia probably in Salt Lake City in hit great store, dealing out Oregon railroad newt or Columbia river stuffed tturgeon. His railroad tcheme teemt not to have re sulted at wat anticipated by him. If thia wa the first failure to comply with contracts and agreement it might be overlooked, but there have been o many breeches in Astoria railroad matters that they are becom ing to be one of the to-be-looked for results. What a surprise it would be to Astorians if someone would ac cidently commence work on the pro posed Nehalem road and push it to completion. We are of the opinion that Astoria people will not be sur prised, because if that town is ever the terminus of the Nehalom railroad it will become such through the efforts of its own people and not those of person! who are looking for fame. Astoiia might today have had a rail road bad her people, instead of de pending on other people, gone ahead and completed the road on their own accord. They, at least, bad as good a chance to do to as the person who have been standing them off with promitea, and now they find them selves no more progressed than, they were twenty yeart ago. ' When the mills Shut Down "0, 'twas glorious last November when the victon marched away, with the red fire, drumt and banners in magnificent array! How their eyes with raptnre sparkled, bow each loyal heart grew warm, at the thought of poor, old Benny swamped by cyclonet of reform I And how double extra jolly it would be to scotch and kill our William McKinley and his blamed old rubbber bill ; but a different tort of felling eoem to permeate the town, and gas don't count for glory wheu the mills shut down." , MAINE VIliIE. Miss Annie Brings is at home again after a time spent at Pittsburg. Rev. Mr. Faxon will preach here next Sunday morning and evening. There have been exciting times with slash ing tires in thia vicinity, this week. No damage has been done so far beyond de stroying seme fence. There will be a Sunday school concert in the Matneville school house Sunday even ing, September 10th. A collection will be laten to assist in the purchase of a library. All are invited. There waa a quilting at Mrs. Wm. Eid ley, Tuesday, and the ladies present re ported a pleasant time. They had the un expected pleasure of seeing Mra. Teua Sweetland , who recently returned from a trip to the Eastern states. Miss May Isaacs, of Medford, who has been visiting her cousin, Mr. George An drews, of this place, left for home Thursday. Articles incorporating th Plymouth Real ty Co., and the South Shore ft. K. Co., have been tiled for record in the clerk's of fice of thia county. The many friends of W J. Webber, of Clatskanie will regret to hear that his tine dwelling house together with its contents waa entirely consumed by fire last Saturday evening. Dean Blanchard'a piledriver came up from Rainier Sunday, and proceeded on up to the head of llatchelor'a island where a liahtrap will be driven for Mr. Tyezkiewica, under the supervision of K. C. Campbell. Thos. Dawaon, who waa brought to this CI ace Wednesday, upon a charge preferred y Jerry McGraw. for shooting was held in 500 bonds to appear for examination on September 9th. H. W. Wesco and family accompanied by Miss Carrie and Mr. Bert Lowde, passed tnrougn this place Wednesday en route to Portland from their ranches on upper Rack creek , where the party has been rusticat ing the past few weeks. A fishing party including Mrs. G. H. I.a mont, Misses Agnes Burk, May Isaa.s, Helen Heuniason and Jack Uunlap visited Lewis river Wedaesday for the purpose of mingling with the trout, and returned with creels well filled with pike. Frank Brown and Mr. Newell, of Milton, have rented Muckle Bro's.' wharf for the purpose of banking cord wood on it. they haying contracted for 600 cords on B. W. mourner a place near aiuton, ami several huadred corda on other places iu that vicin ity . The wharf was badly damaged by th late hiirh freshet and requires a thorough overhauling which it ia receiving. John Schmitt, who wa recently brought before Justice Blakesley on a charge of criminal assault, preferred by Nelson Pinckney, is reported to have skipped the country, leaving bis bondsmen in the lurch. Hit bond waa fixed at $200 and he wat charged with assaulting the twelve-year-old daughter of Nelson Pinckney. The Cathlamette Gazette says fisher men will have to take things as philo sophically as possible. The cannerj- men have told their fish, but have been unable to darw on the banks un til the actual remittances in coin come from their customers. It now costs 13.50 per thousand to get the coin here from the east for fish told. Sev eral canneries are unable to pay their men on this account, but the suspen sion is only temporary. Our, at one time, boss, A. V. R. Sny der, of the Dallas Transcript, evi dently does not care for berry picking fails to see the fun. He says when a man talks about spending a few days in the blackberry patch for "recreation or pleasure," he don't know what he is talking about. Here the writer is with his hands and wrists torn and las cerated, the skin all scraped off his lege from bis knees down, several painful hornet wounds, face all tcrached up and joints aa stiff as pokers, all for 35 cents worth of berries. If they want us to pick berries any more, the bushes must be brought in so that we can sit on an easy chair, the briars removed and a written guarantee that hornets and yellow jackets be kept out of camp. FOR SALE. A few full blood Shrounshire sheep, rams and awea. W. W. WEST, Scappoose. GO TO. FOR YOUR School Books SCHOOL : SUPPLIES. Ml Peoples' Outfitting Com'y, 244, 246, First Street, Portland, Oregon. CLOS.G OUT SALE Still in Progress JEiitire Stock -OF- Furniture, Carpets, Stoves HOUSE-FURNISHING GOOD3 AT COST, GASH OR CREDIT Peoples Outfitting Company, 244 First Street, : : : : PortlandOregon. ARE YOU -THAT- mm CARRIES A COMPLETE STOCK OF zz Drags and Chemicles, PATENT MEDICINES, ETC. Perfumes, Stationery, School Books and Cigars PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFULLY COMPOUNDED. ST. HELENS, - - OREGON. " BIKDS OF A FEATHER This is the reason why The St. Charles Hotel, 0. W. KNOWLES, Proprietor, Has such a large patronage by the business men of the Staler. If you want to meet a friend you will always find him at The St. Charles. : PORTLAND - CLATSKANIE ROUTE ! SARAH DIXON, Q-. M. Shaver. Master. Leaves Portland, at Alder Street Dock, every day (except Sunday) a 1 o'clock, forr Clatakanie, tonchlug al Saurie'a island, St. Helens, Columbia City, Kalama, Neer City, Kaimer, Cedar and all intermediate points, returning Stop Where you will find the largest stock of PATENT MEDICINES, PRESCRIPTION DRUGS, TOILET. ARTICLES, ETC., In Columbia County DR. J. E. HALL, Proprietor. FARMERS AND MERCHANTS INSURANCE CO.. Albany, Or. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL. $500,000 SECURED CAPITAL. 247.WO PAID CAPITAL 74,230 FAB.V PBOPEBTV A SPECIALTY. For particulars apply at the office at Oillard k Cole, or Th a Mij offlo. Joseph Kellogg & Joseph Kellogg and Northwest. . FOR COWLITZ RIVER. NORTHWEST Wea KELSO Monday, Wedned-y, and Friday at 5 am." Leaves PORTLAND Tuesday, Thurs day, and Saturday at 6 a. m. 4 t K JOSEPH KELLOGG Leaves RaINIKR at 5 a. m. daily, Sunday excepted, arriving at Portland at JO.-30 a. sx. Returning leaves Portland at 1 p. m., arriving at 6 p. m AWARE? FLOCK TOOETHEB." Landing, Alt. Corhn, Bradbury, Btella, every morning (except Monday.) For your Medicines at the Clatskanie Drag Store, Co.'s River Steaxttra,
